The Grange and Grange Wing and Attached Balustrade to Rear is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1983. Villa. 53 related planning applications.

The Grange and Grange Wing and Attached Balustrade to Rear

WRENN ID
peeling-balcony-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheltenham
Constituency
Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1983
Type
Villa
Address
The Grange and Grange Wing and Attached Balustrade to Rear, 1 and 2, Malvern Road, GL50 2JH
OS grid reference
SO 940 222
Coordinates
51.89853, -2.08757
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Grange and its wing, along with the attached rear balustrade, is a villa built in 1838 by RW and C Jearrad for Rev Francis Close. It is now divided into three dwellings. The building is constructed of stucco over brick, with a slate roof, tall gault brick ridge stacks, iron window guards, and a balustrade. Designed on a central hallway plan, the facades are asymmetrical and demonstrate a Domestic Tudor style.

The front facade is two storeys high with attic rooms to the projecting gabled wings. It features a porch linking the ground floor and a central bay with three first-floor windows. The windows are tripartite, with 4/4 sashes between 2/2 sashes. Windows on the left have external Venetian shutters. All windows are set in chamfered reveals with hoodmoulds. The attic windows are 2/2 sashes, with a central roof dormer featuring two cusped lights and a quatrefoil in the gable. The central entrance has a chamfered, four-centred surround with a roll and cavetto-moulded hood and decoration to the spandrels. It contains a part-glazed, nine-panel door with sidelights and a shaped overlight. Kneelers and shaped copings are present on the gables.

The garden facade also has two storeys with an attic to a projecting gabled bay on the left, with three first-floor windows. To the left is a tripartite window with 4/4 between 2/2 sashes, incorporating pink-glazed panes; a tall 6/6 sash; and a rectangular bay window with 1/1 sashes. The first floor has a tripartite window with 4/4 between 2/2 sashes, two 3/6 sashes; and the attic hosts a 2/2 sash. Again, most windows have hoodmoulds, except for the bay which features a cornice. The garden facade also has a skylight. Rear windows largely retain 6/6 sashes.

The interior includes a dogleg staircase with stick balusters and a run-out handrail. The inner hall features studded, four-centred doors in a chamfered surround. The property was partly funded by public subscription. Rev Francis Close served as vicar of St Mary's Church from 1826 to 1856 and was known as the "Pope of Cheltenham."

Subsidiary features include external slatted shutters to the front facade and a window box. A first-floor window on the garden facade includes an arcade with X-motif balusters. The attached rear balustrade features scrolled lozenge motifs on the steps.

Local climate

The Grange and Grange Wing and Attached Balustrade to Rear receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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